Filling apparatus for conveyers.



Nd. 891,698. PATENTED JUNE 23, 1908. G. W. HUNT.

FILLING APPARATUS FOR GONVEYERS.

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CHARLES W. HUNT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FILLING APPARATUS FOR CONVEYERS.

Application filed April 3, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES WALLAoE HUNT, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in est New Brighton, in the borough of Richmond, of thecityof New York, in the State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Filling Apparatus for Conveyors, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part hereof.

This invention relates to apparatus for filling the buckets of endlessconveyers, such as is shown and described in Letters Patent of theUnited States No. 541,614 dated June 25, 1895. The filler shown in saidpatent is adapted to receive the material which is to be loaded into thebuckets from a-chute which discharges the material into the filler fromone side and is not adapted to receive the material from a chute whichis substan tially vertical and is directly over the 0011- veyer.Moreover, the filler shown in said patent cannot be moved away withoutpractically dismembering it at considerable cost in time and labor. Itis the object of the present invention to so improve the construction ofsuch fillers as to permit them to receive material from a substantiallyvertical chute directly over the conveyer, whereby considerable savingin s ace may be effected, and as to enable the iller to be moved awayreadily from the chain of conveyer buckets.

The invention will be more fully explained hereinafter with reference tothe accompanying drawings in which it is illustrated and in which-Figure 1 is a view in longitudinal section of a portion of a bucketconveyer with the improved filler in operative position. Fig. 2 is aview in transverse section on the plane indicated by the line 22 of Fig.1, the chute being shown in outline and the position of the filler awayfrom the conveyer being indicated by dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a view insection on the plane indicated by the line 33 of Fig. 2.

In the embodiment of the invention illustrated in the drawings there isshown a portion of an endless conveyer chain, composed, as usual, of aseries of buckets a, transverse shafts b, carrying-wheels c and links(1, the wheels 0 traveling, as usual, upon rails e. A vertical chute j,through which the material is delivered, is shown as stand-Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 23, 1908.

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ing directly over the line of conveyer buckets, and as having anobliquely disposed mouth f The filler consists of a frusto-conical shell9 which is mounted to rotate upon an inclined axis It so that the lowerlimb of the shell is substantially horizontal and parallel with theplane of the buckets. The shell g comprises, besides its peripheralwall, which is provided with openings g disposed at regularintervals, asuitable base which is secured to the supporting shaft h, and. a guardflange which is inwardly inclined from the rim of the shell, forming anopening g through which the material is directed into the shell andpreventing the escape of material at the edge of the shell. Secured tothe base g is a spider i, the arms of which are properly disposed so asto be struck by the wheels 0 on the corresponding side of the conveyerchain, or by some other part of the conveyer or its chain, whereby theshell g is caused to rotate in synchronism with the movement of theconveyer buckets. A bearin is is provided for the shaft h and the normaposition of the bearing is such as to support the shell in the positionshown by full lines in Fig. 2. The bearing, however, is made movable soas to permit the shell 9 to be swung back from its operative positionout of the way, into position as represented by dotted lines in Fig. 2.For this purpose the bearing 7c is mounted upon an arm 7c which ishinged, as at W, upon a suitable standard 7.4 The latter may have a stop7c to limit the forward movement of the arm 76 and therefore hold theshell in proper operative position.

It will now be understood that when the entire apparatus is in operationthe material is discharged by the chutef into the rotating shell 9 andis discharged therefrom, through the lowermost opening 9, into thebucket a which is then under the shell. The movements of the bucket andthe shell being synchronous, the opening g travels with the bucket, andthe material which escapes through said opening is therefore directedinto the bucket. Whenever, for any pur pose, it is desired to get theshell out of the way, it is simply swung back upon the hinge joint k ofthe bearing 7:, as represented by dotted lines in Fig. 2.

It will -be understood that the form and construction of the shell, aswell as of the means for su porting the same, may be varied to suitdifferent conditions of use and that the invention, therefore, is notlimited to the precise details of construction and arrangement shown.

I claim as my invention:

1. The combination with a bucket conveyer, of a frusto-conical shellmounted on an inclined axis and having openings in its .periphery and inits end, means for rotating the shell in synchronism with the movementof the conveyer buckets, and means for supplying material in asubstantially vertical direction into the shell through the opening inits base.

2. The combination with a bucket conveyer, of a frusto-conical shellmounted on an inclined axis and having openings in its peripheryand inits end, and an inwardly turned guard flange around the opening in itsend, means for rotating the shell in synchronism with the movement ofthe conveyer buckets, and means for sup lying material in asubstantially vertical direction into the shell through the opening inits end.

3. The combination with a bucket ,conveyer, of a frusto-conical shellhaving peripheral openings, an inturned flange about a central openingin its end and a base plate, a

an inclined supporting shaft, means for rotating the shell insynchronism with the movement of the conveyer buckets, and means forsupplying material in :tsubstantially vertical direction into the shellthrough the central opening in its end.

4. The combination with a bucket conveyer, of a shell having openings inits periphery and in its end, means for rotating the shell insynchronism with'the movement of the conveyer buckets, means forsupplying material to the shell through the o enin in its end, asupporting shaft for sai shell, a bearing for said shaft and a hingedsupport for said bearing, whereby the shell may be turned back away fromthe conveyer.

5. The combination with a bucket conveyer, of a frusto-conical shellhaving openings in its periphery and in its end, means for rotating theshell in synchronism with the movement of the conveyer buckets, meansfor supplying material in a substantially ver tical direction into theshell through the opening in its end, a supporting shaft for said shell,a bearing for said shaft, and a hinged support for said bearing, wherebythe shell may be turned back away from the conveyer.

This specification signed and witnessed this first day of April, A. 1).,1908.

CHARLES TV. HUNT.

Signed in the presence of R. B. KELLY, O. 0. KING.

